{"product_id":"jews-god-and-videotape-jeffrey-shandler-9780814740675","title":"Jews, God, and Videotape: Religion and Media in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA pioneering examination of the impact of new communications technologies and media practices on the religious life of American Jewry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngaging media has been an ongoing issue for American Jews, as it has been for other religious communities in the United States, for several generations. Shandler's examples range from early recordings of cantorial music to Hasidic outreach on the Internet. In between he explores mid-twentieth-century ecumenical radio and television broadcasting, video documentation of life cycle rituals, museum displays and tourist practices as means for engaging the Holocaust as a moral touchstone, and the role of mass-produced material culture in Jews' responses to the American celebration of Christmas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShandler argues that the impact of these and other media on American Judaism is varied and extensive: they have challenged the role of clergy and transformed the nature of ritual; facilitated innovations in religious practice and scholarship, as well as efforts to maintain traditional observance and teachings; created venues for outreach, both to enhance relationships with non-Jewish neighbors and to promote greater religiosity among Jews; even redefined the notion of what might constitute a Jewish religious community or spiritual experience. As \u003ci\u003eJews, God, and Videotape\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates, American Jews' experiences are emblematic of how religious communities' engagements with new media have become central to defining religiosity in the modern age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Shandler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814740677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814740675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.26w x 1.04d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/09\/2009 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/24\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2009","brand":"Jeffrey Shandler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425079214335,"sku":"9780814740675","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff644127-8168-4da4-8f25-9addaee1c1e8.jpg?v=1761536864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jews-god-and-videotape-jeffrey-shandler-9780814740675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}